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1944–45 New York Rangers
Division6th NHL
1944–45 record11–29–10
Goals for154
Goals against247
Team information
General managerLester Patrick
CoachFrank Boucher
CaptainOtt Heller
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Team leaders
GoalsAb DeMarco (24)
AssistsAb DeMarco (30)
PointsAb DeMarco (54)
Penalty minutesBob Dill (69)
WinsKen McAuley (11)
Goals against averageKen McAuley (4.93)
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The 1944–45 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 19th season. During the regular season, the Rangers posted an 11–29–10 record and finished with 32 points. The Rangers' last-place finish caused them to miss the NHL playoffs.

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Montreal Canadiens 50 38 8 4 228 121 +107 80
2 Detroit Red Wings 50 31 14 5 218 161 +57 67
3 Toronto Maple Leafs 50 24 22 4 183 161 +22 52
4 Boston Bruins 50 16 30 4 179 219 −40 36
5 Chicago Black Hawks 50 13 30 7 141 194 −53 33
6 New York Rangers 50 11 29 10 154 247 −93 32

Record vs. opponents

1944–45 NHL Records
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 7–3 0–9–1 0–10 4–3–3 5–5
Chicago 5–5 — 5–5 0–8–2 7–1–2 5–4–1
Detroit 9–0–1 7–3 — 1–8–1 6–2–2 8–1–1
Montreal 10–0 7–1–2 8–1–1 — 9–1 4–5–1
New York 3–4–3 3–3–4 2–6–2 1–9 — 2–7–1
Toronto 5–5 6–3–1 1–8–1 5–4–1 7–2–1 —


Schedule and results

1944–45 Game Log
October: 0–1–0 (Home: 0-0-0; Road: 0–1–0)
Game October Opponent Score Record
1 28 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 0–1–0
November: 2–5–3 (Home: 1–2–2; Road: 1–3–1)
Game November Opponent Score Record
2 1 @ Chicago Black Hawks 8–3 0–2–0
3 2 @ Detroit Red Wings 10–3 0–3–0
4 9 Toronto Maple Leafs 6–3 0–4–0
5 11 Detroit Red Wings 5–2 1–4–0
6 12 Boston Bruins 5–5 1–4–1
7 18 Detroit Red Wings 2–2 1–4–2
8 19 Montreal Canadiens 6–2 1–5–2
9 23 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–4 1–5–3
10 26 @ Boston Bruins 8–4 1–6–3
11 30 @ Montreal Canadiens 7–5 2–6–3
December: 2–7–2 (Home: 1–3–2; Road: 1–4–0)
Game December Opponent Score Record
12 2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 2–7–3
13 7 Detroit Red Wings 3–2 2–8–3
14 10 Chicago Black Hawks 1–1 2–8–4
15 12 @ Boston Bruins 7–5 2–9–4
16 17 Montreal Canadiens 4–1 2–10–4
17 20 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 3–10–4
18 21 @ Detroit Red Wings 11–3 3–11–4
19 24 Chicago Black Hawks 3–3 3–11–5
20 27 Toronto Maple Leafs 8–2 3–12–5
21 30 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–1 3–13–5
22 31 Boston Bruins 3–2 4–13–5
January: 3–6–2 (Home: 1–2–2; Road: 2–4–0)
Game January Opponent Score Record
23 4 Detroit Red Wings 4–4 4–13–6
24 7 Chicago Black Hawks 0–0 4–13–7
25 9 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–4 5–13–7
26 11 Boston Bruins 5–1 6–13–7
27 14 Montreal Canadiens 6–2 6–14–7
28 18 @ Detroit Red Wings 7–3 6–15–7
29 20 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–2 6–16–7
30 21 @ Boston Bruins 14–3 6–17–7
31 24 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–3 7–17–7
32 27 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–0 7–18–7
33 28 Toronto Maple Leafs 7–0 7–19–7
February: 3–4–3 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 0–3–2)
Game February Opponent Score Record
34 4 @ Boston Bruins 3–3 7–19–8
35 8 @ Montreal Canadiens 9–4 7–20–8
36 11 Montreal Canadiens 4–3 7–21–8
37 14 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–2 7–22–8
38 15 Chicago Black Hawks 6–2 8–22–8
39 17 @ Boston Bruins 6–1 8–23–8
40 18 Boston Bruins 2–1 9–23–8
41 22 Detroit Red Wings 5–3 10–23–8
42 24 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–4 10–23–9
43 25 Boston Bruins 4–4 10–23–10
March: 1–6–0 (Home: 1–3–0; Road: 0–3–0)
Game March Opponent Score Record
44 1 Chicago Black Hawks 5–3 10–24–10
45 4 Toronto Maple Leafs 6–3 10–25–10
46 7 @ Chicago Black Hawks 6–3 10–26–10
47 8 @ Detroit Red Wings 7–3 10–27–10
48 10 @ Montreal Canadiens 7–3 10–28–10
49 11 Montreal Canadiens 11–5 10–29–10
50 18 Toronto Maple Leafs 6–5 11–29–10

Playoffs

The Rangers finished the season in last place in the NHL for the third consecutive season and missed the 1945 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Player statistics

Skaters
Regular Season
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Ab DeMarco 50 24 30 54 10
Grant Warwick 42 20 22 42 25
Hank Goldup 48 17 25 42 25
Fred Thurier 50 16 19 35 14
Fred Hunt 44 13 9 22 6
Joe Shack 50 4 18 22 14
Walt Atanas 49 13 8 21 40
Phil Watson 45 11 8 19 24
Ehrhardt Heller 45 7 12 19 26
James MacDonald 36 9 6 15 12
Bob Dill 48 9 5 14 69
Wilfred McDonald 40 2 9 11 0
Jack Mann 6 3 4 7 0
Bill Moe 35 2 4 6 14
Chuck Scherza 22 2 3 5 18
Guy Labrie 27 2 2 4 14
Neil Colville 4 0 1 1 2
Len Wharton 1 0 0 0 0
Alex Ritson 1 0 0 0 0
Jim Drummond 2 0 0 0 0
Hal Cooper 8 0 0 0 2

Goaltenders
Regular Season
Player GP TOI W L T GA GAA SO
Ken McAuley 46 2760 11 25 10 227 4.93 1
Doug Stevenson 4 240 0 4 0 20 5.00 0

Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

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Transactions

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See also

References

  1. ^ "1944–45 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved April 2, 2011.
  2. "1944–1945 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  3. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  4. "Rangers, Tired of Cellar, Hope This Is Their Season". The Windsor Daily Star. October 22, 1945. Retrieved December 4, 2011.
  5. "1944–45 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved October 19, 2010.

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